big-spell
- noun [ neuter ]
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Gehýre ge ðæs sáwendan bigspell
vos audite parabolam seminantis,
- Mt. Bos. 13, 18.
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Ic ahylde on bigspelle eáre mín
inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam,
- Ps. Spl. 48, 4.
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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum
hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis,
- Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.
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Bigspellu,
acc. pl.
- Lchdm. iii. 214, 15.
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He him rehte bíspell bí ðære sunnan
he related to him a parable of the sun,
- Bt. titl. vi; Fox x. 12.
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Ðeáh we sculon manega and mistlíce bísna and bíspell reccan
though we should relate many and various examples and fables,
- Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 13, 19.
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Gehýr sum bíspell
hear an example,
- 37, 3; Fox 190, 21: 39, 6; Fox 220, 21.
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Þurh bigspell and bigcwidas
in proverbium et fabulam,
- Deut. 28, 37.
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We sculon ðé sum bíspell reccan
we will relate a story to thee,
- Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 23, 17; Met. 23, 9.
Bosworth, Joseph. “big-spell.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4307.
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